Τετάρτη, 2 Απριλίου 2014

Neo-Nazi in Ukrainian Power is a Crucial Challenge to All Lefts in Ukraine and Russia by J. Abramson

Massive actions in Kiev and other cities since October 2013 till
February 2014 have demonstrated that Ukrainians are been tired due to
injustice and total corruption, due to anti-social policy and
authoritarian power behavior. They have shown total bankruptcy of
“guided democracy” pattern foisted on the people by oligarchs. In
the same time the tragism of the situation in Ukraine reveals itself
in that that broad social protest of active majority of Ukranian
people labor part has been used by liberal-nationalist opposition and
by the part of oligarchy standing behind it. Their goal was – to
lead in the power their collaborators who will continue anti-social
policy of liberal reforms under banner of Eurointegration. The events
after February, 21-22, have put Ukraine on the border of the
disintegration and civil war. Political forces came to power in Kiev
have already in first days demonstrated their anti-communist,
anti-Soviet, anti-Russian intents. Regional power is being transfer
itself to local oligarchs of pro-West orientation.

All this naturally have
generated the resistance in East and South regions of Ukraine. Main
mass of Maidan antagonists due to their organizational weakness tied
their hopes with the help from Russia thinking that “rich and
powerful Russia” will save them from coming social-economical and
political crisis. Ukrainian crisis has split not only Ukrainian but
also Russian society on the supporters and opponents of Maidan. The
supporters of Maidan, of the overthrow corrupt Yanukovich regime
usually do not want discuss the questions about non-legality of new
Ukrainian power, about the reasons of Russian language Ukrainian
population's such harsh reaction on chauvinistic statements of the
“Ukrainian national revolution” leaders. The refusal of liberal
part of these supporters to give adequate estimation to Banderaist
from the Party “Svoboda” (“Freedom”) and from “Right
sector”, to demand from their likeminded persons in Ukraine to
dissociate themselves from these neo-Nazi surprises especially. So as
the refusal from the demand to investigate the history with
non-identificated snipers killed hundred of the fighters from
“Berkut” as well the Maidan defenders. In their turn, Maidan
opponents as in Ukraine, so in Russia don't want even hear about the
danger of the unleashing the military conflict between two Slavonic
peoples. They trust in low battle-ability of Ukrainian army and in
the divergence between EU, especially Germany, and USA. They
justifay this imperialist character of Putin's Russia policy by the
aggressive essence of USA imperialism putting the interests of
South-East Ukraine and Crimea Russians defence higher than the
norms of international law about the respect to territorial
integrity of the sovereign state.

It is significant that even
left supporters of “the return Crimea to Russia” ignore the
questions about non-legality of power change in Crimea under military
control of Russian special forces, about influence of these events on
the results of Ukrainian president elections etc.

The question about the right
of Crime population on the self-determination up to join Russia is
crucial one for the solution the Ukrainian crisis. Lenin slogan about
nations right on the self-determination is indisputable democratic
principle of the solution the conflicts between nations, included
after Second World War in all international pacts about humans
rights. This principle has the priority over the principle of
territorial integrity of the state that by force suppresses that or
other people. This position was firstly fixed in the October
revolution Peace Decree in which annexation was understood both as
the conquest foreign territories so also as violence prohibition to
right of nations on the self-determination.

Thus the promotion by the
lefts the slogan about the right on the self-determination for the
population of Crimea and Ukrainian South-East could to receive the
support of Ukrainian and Russian working majority, democratic
community and international institutes.

But the realization of this
right is directed also against Russian nationalism approving the
annexation Crimea. The referendum in Crimea at March, 16, cannot
receive international-legal acknowledgment because Russian military
withdrawal before its conducting took no place. When significant
number of Russian left parties and organizations rejected this demand
they played on the hand of Ukrainian and Crimea-Tatar nationalists.
Objectively and possibly against their willing this their position
means dangerous escalation of the conflict that
can lead to military actions.

Let us ask: is or not able
modern Russian leadership to assist democratic selection of Crimea
and Ukrainian South-East peoples? The answer may be only one – not.
The intervention of Russia more and more reminds raid capture of the
part of Ukrainian territory. By this Russian power cynically uses in
its propaganda all late-soviet and empire slogans. Not only the wish
“to rebuild the empire” acts here as driver. The striving to go
out from social demands of Russian workings by change them with banal
“hurrah-patriotism” is here its main driver. Acting so Russian
leadership consciously or non-consciously assist to final split with
Ukraine, to the enter NATO forces on its territory, to the transform
Ukraine into the country of radical nationalism. So the annexation
Crimea can be Pirr victory with catastrophe consequences for Russian
and Ukrainian peoples, for their interconnections.

The conflicts around blocked
Ukrainian army units on the peninsula in any moment can move events
development into military clashes which have own logic. The
experience of war conflicts of the end of XX – beginning XXI
centuries shows how difficult is to stop this logic even by
international mediation. It will be more simply and humane to use
diplomatic efforts to prevent a tragic war.

RPK calls left forces of Russia and Ukraine to unite our efforts for
peace solution Ukrainian crisis. Our common program will be supported
by working majority of our peoples if it will contain follows:

Demands from Russian and
Ukrainian governments to organize the withdrawal army units in the
places of constant dislocation, to disarm all paramilitary units and
common patrol the transport ways leading in Crimea.

Demand the all-Ukrainian
referendum on the bringing in the Ukrainian Constitution the
corrections on transformation Ukraine into Federative Parliament
Republic,

Formation coalition
transitional government with the participant of all political
parties excluding pro-fascist ones and also with representatives of
east regions for the period of all-Ukrainian elections and
referendum.

The creation international
commission for the investigation the crimes against special state
force Berkut and participants of Maidan during the events of
February 2014.

Nationalization the
ownership of those oligarchs who financed the activity extremist
forces in Ukraine

The disarmament all
non-legal military units in Ukraine and non-admittance their
representatives in the structures of Ukrainian Military forces,
Ministry of Inner Affairs and Council of the Security.

Experience of the history
shows that all former revolutions in Russia arose in the situations
of unjust, aggressive wars. And if such anti-oligarch revolution will
unite in the struggle Russian and Ukrainian workers let those who
have power and ownership in our countries does not appeal to the
principles of legacy and territorial integrity. If the peoples will
rise under the slogan “Peace for huts, war for palaces!” these
principles already will not have for them any legal force.